hoisted over long-on for six! Deepti wins the Women's Hundred for Spirit! Shabnim Ismail flung herself backwards on the rope, got her hands to it, but had no chance to close the deal! A fine final ends in emphatic style!
Fire vs Spirit, Final at London, Women's Hundred, Aug 18 2024 - Match Result
RESULT
Final, Lord's, August 18, 2024, The Hundred Women's Competition
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115/8
(98/100 balls, T:116) 118/6
Spirit won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
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Welsh Fire (Women) • 115/8(100 balls)
54 (41)
2/17 (20)
22 (26)
2/26 (20)
London Spirit (Women) • 118/6(98 balls)
34 (32)
3/24 (20)
24 (18)
1/15 (15)
5.26pm So that is a wrap from the Women's final. Thanks for joining us, but don't stray too far... the men's final is coming up straight after ... [checks notes] a musical interlude from Zara Larsson. She's not quite Sabrina Carpenter, but she's got some bellows to be fair.
Dani Gibson is speaking to the BBC: "Really important for me to get off to a good start and I've never played a pull shot well. Disappointed with how I bowled but that innings made me feel a lot better. I'm not assessing the pitch at all, see ball, hit ball, play on instincts. Hitting the stumps, Glenny, Deano, Deepti did that really well. This is pretty up there, a great group of girls. It's a really heavy trophy, Heather needs to go to the gym more. A bit of dancing to come, a bit of singing." Baggy Trousers, Madness, is her song of choice, incidentally. "A great group of girls, pleased everyone pulled their weight at diffferent times."
5.17pm Time for the trophy lift! Heather Knight takes the stage, lifts the trophy and leads London Spirit's celebrations!
5.04pm Seven years after lifting the Women's World Cup at Lord's, Heather Knight will claim the Women's Hundred Trophy for the Lord's-based London Spirit! Ismail is gutted by her failure to save the day, but her bowling was a lone stand-out for Fire... between Georgia Redmayne's anchoring 34, and vital impetus from Knight and Gibson, Spirit always had their noses ahead.
Deepti Sharma: "To hit the six to win the game, a great feeling, I was not nervous, I had confidence I could do it. I think positive!"
Charlie Dean: "Not good for the nails, but always thought we had it."
Georgia Redmayne: "A long time between boundaries, Ismail bowled great with key wickets. I don't think you ever feel in control in a final, but so proud in front of a record crowd at Lord's."
Heather Knight: "It was tense, I'm an awful watcher, feeling sick for last 20-30 balls, Deepti made a meal of it in the end, kept us on tenterhooks... I'm worried about the trophy lift, it's quite heavy! Dani Gibson, you little beauty, changed the game!"
Tammy Beaumont: "I'm so proud of the girls to fight like they did, at the time-out it was there to lose. Gutted, we'll have loved to win. We've got in some good people, Gareth (Breese) and I had a vision to make it more than just a franchise that you turn up to. We were ten light with the bat, but credit to Spirit, they kept taking wickets through the middle."
98
6
Matthews to Sharma, SIX runs
97
1
Matthews to Dean, 1 run
Rank full toss, and somehow Dean fails to put it away! Flat-batted to the midwicket sweeper, at least it was on the bounce!
A dot ball here and all bets are off. Dean loves a reverse-sweep...
96
1
Matthews to Sharma, 1 run
drags the sweep off the off-stump line, doesn't time it but picks off the single
It's getting rowdy again... We had the first Hundred Super Five last night... is there another loading? Deepti and Dean, reunited in the middle at Lord's... let's have a RONSBU to liven things up further!
after 95 balls5 runs • 1 wicket
LS-W: 110/6Need 6 from 5 balls
Deepti Sharma9 (14b)
Jess Jonassen 0/16 (20)
95
W
Jonassen to Sharma, OUT
crazy run-out! Firm sweep, straight to midwicket, there's never a run there, Freeborn hurtles down the pitch and has no chance of getting back! A madcap innings from Freeborn, running free!
Abigail Freeborn run out (Elwiss/Jonassen) 3 (3b 0x4 0x6 5m) SR: 100
94
2
Jonassen to Sharma, 2 runs
big turn and bounce, beats everything! Bonus runs as the ball fizzes through to space at deep third
93
1
Jonassen to Freeborn, 1 run
launched down the ground, again the fielder declines a hero dive and settles for saving the boundary
92
1
Jonassen to Sharma, 1 run
whipped off the pads, out to deep backward square, they run an easy first run but Freeborn was a walking wicket as Davis's shy comes in. It's too wide for the keeper!
91
1
Jonassen to Freeborn, 1 run
round the wicket, paddle-sweep from outside off, Davies grabs at the ball at backward square and slips, but she's fine
11 off ten is the requirement. Tammy Beaumont convenes a brains trust. Jonassen has the first five of the final ten.
CHANGE OF END
after 90 balls3 runs • 1 wicket
LS-W: 105/5Need 11 from 10 balls
Abigail Freeborn1 (1b)
Deepti Sharma6 (11b)
Freya Davies 1/21 (20)
Raji: "Good come back by Heather's team after last year's performance. Hopefully, NSB or Pez will get it next year."
90
1
Davies to Freeborn, 1 run
nurdled off the pads, and how is there a single available! Midwicket was too deep, and that's a free run
Well, well. This is bubbling now
89
W
Davies to Redmayne, OUT
round the wicket, pinned on the pads, up goes the finger! This is a huge moment, looks adjacent to the naked eye, beating the inside-edge, striking the inner thigh, is it too high? Umpire's call on height! Flicking the top of the leg bail! Huge, huge moment!
Georgia Redmayne lbw b Davies 34 (32b 3x4 0x6 68m) SR: 106.25
88
1
Davies to Sharma, 1 run
full length, into the toes, lifted high out to deep midwicket, is it a catch, no... the fielder settles for saving the boundary. Could she have gone for the hero dive?
87
•
Davies to Sharma, no run
flogged through the line, out to deep cover
86
1
Davies to Redmayne, 1 run
dipping on the toes, flicked off the pads, out through backward square
after 85 balls5 runs
LS-W: 102/4Need 14 from 15 balls
Georgia Redmayne33 (30b 3x4)
Deepti Sharma5 (9b)
Hayley Matthews 0/26 (15)
Hypocaust: "That attendance is more than the Women's Ashes match at Lord's got last year."
85
4
Matthews to Redmayne, FOUR runs
launched magnificently over the bowler's head! Super use of the feet, lifted up and over, just inside the rope. That releases the pressure. The Hundred is up, in the Hundred final
84
1
Matthews to Sharma, 1 run
backs away, Matthews follows her into the arc, thumped into the covers
83
•
Matthews to Sharma, no run
lines up the sweep, gets in a tangle but it loops off the back of the bat to backward point
82
•
Matthews to Sharma, no run
nudged to the leg-side, no pace to work with, another precious dot
81
•
Matthews to Sharma, no run
all the pace off from round the wicket, keeping the stumps in play, defended down into the crease, Bryce does well
A new record attendance for the Women's Hundred... 22,009 in attendance. Magnificent. Welsh Fire are in danger of losing an outfielder to the cut-off time, though at less than a run a ball that may be moot
CHANGE OF END
after 80 balls4 runs
LS-W: 97/4Need 19 from 20 balls
Deepti Sharma4 (5b)
Georgia Redmayne29 (29b 2x4)
Jess Jonassen 0/11 (15)
80
1
Jonassen to Sharma, 1 run
leg-sided again, swept hard out of the full length to backward square
79
•
Jonassen to Sharma, no run
squared up on a tight line, poked back to the bowler
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
WF-W
54 runs (41)
8 fours0 six
Productive shot
cover drive
23 runs
4 fours0 six
Control
71%
LS-W
34 runs (32)
3 fours0 six
Productive shot
cut shot
9 runs
1 four0 six
Control
81%
Best performances - bowlers
WF-W
B
20
0s
9
R
24
W
3
RPB
1.20
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
2W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
LS-W
B
20
0s
8
R
17
W
2
RPB
0.85
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
1W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
| Lord's, London | |
| Toss | London Spirit (Women), elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2024 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Player Of The Series | |
| Series result | London Spirit (Women) won the 2024 The Hundred Women's Competition |
| Match days | 18 August 2024 - day (100-ball match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
Language
English
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